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(No Model.) E. B. GROGKER.

LEVER BUTTON.

No. 352,452.- Patented Nov. 9,; 1886.

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EUGENE IB. OROOKER, OF PAWTUOKET, RHODE ISLAND.

LEVER-BUTTON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 352,452, dated November 9, 1886. Applicati' l1 filed July 8,1886. Serial No. 201,396. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EUGENE B. ORooKER, of the city of Pawtucket, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode lsland,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lever-Buttons, of which the following is a full,

clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to a lever-button having a movable shoe hinged upon the post, and adapted to swing thereon and assume a position at right angles to said post, to lock the button in a button-hole, or to assume a position somewhat parallel to the post, to facilitate its insertion in or removal from a button-hole.

The objects of my invention are to provide a lever-button of a very simple and inexpensive construction.

To the above purposes my invention consists in the peculiar formation of the post of the button out of a wire suitably bent to receive the movable shoe, and, further, of the construction of the movable shoe, all as hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a side view of my improved button, with the bent free ends of the wire post shown in broken lines and the shoe thrown down to one side of the post for insertion in or removal from a button-hole. Fig. 2 represents a sectional view on line 2 2, Fig. 1, of the but ton, with the shoe set at right angles to that shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 represents a sectional View of the button taken on line 3 3, Fig. 1.

In the said drawings like numbers designate corresponding parts throughout.

Referring to the drawings, the doubled wire or staple 6 is formed at the closed or upper end into a long narrow loop-like opening, and the sides or strands of the wire are bent in toward each other, as at 8, in curved bends, as shown. The open end of the doubled wire 6 is spread out flariugly, and the free ends are secured to the face of the button-head 13 near its circumference.

The doubled wire 6, forming the post of the button and the loop-like bearing at the end for the movable shoe to hinge with, is shown as having said. loop and its free ends in the same plane. This, however, may be modified by twisting the post near its center of length,

so that the strands thereof cross or twist on each other X-shaped. The long side 7 of the loop-like formation of the closed end of the doubled wire 6 is constructed semi-cylindrical in cross-section, the upper face'thereof being fiat, as at 9 in Fig. 2.

The movable shoe is composed of the shoecap 12,.of a saucer shape, and'within the concavity of said cap is firmly set the springplate 11, of any suitable shape, though I show it as being a circular plate with two peripheral circular notches arranged in apposition. The hinge-band 10 is a rectangular strip with a transverse curved bend at the center of length. The shoe is secured to the post of the button by first passing the hinge-band 10 through the open area of the closed end of the doubled wire 6, so that the concave face of said band engages the long side 7 of the loop or opening, and thenplacing the shoe-cap 12, with the spring-plate previously secured therein, upon the hinge-band in the relative positions shown in Fig. 1, and then fastening the free ends of the hinge-band 10 in the circumfertion, the springplate being made of a suitable resilient metal, the plate is arranged to ride over the fiat surface 9 of the side 7 of the bearing and transversely thereto, so that it may be rested at right angles across the same, and thereby securely maintain the shoe in a locked and operative posit-ion.

There may be various modifications made in the features of my invention without departing from the spirit of the same, as herein described and claimed. For instance, the sides of the doubled wire 6 may be arranged differently by twisting them or placing them side by side, so as to throw the closed end of the doubled wire out of the plane of the rest of the same, (as shown in an application of mine of even date with this, Serial No. 207,397, for Letters Patent for a necktie-fastener, in which latter application I show various forms of an improved collar-button having the post-and the fixed perforated shoe formed of a doubled wire, but for a purpose different from the herein-described one.)

I am aware of the construction heretofore of the post of a button from a wire bent square or rectangular, and therefore I disclaim such a constructed button-posfisince by my invenence of said cap. By virtue of this construction the post is made from a wire doubled -or staple in form, and having the closed end thereof formed with a loop as a bearing for the button-shoe, and. having the sides or strands thereof bent and placed in contact, or nearly so, and the free ends secured to the buttonhead; and therefore,

Having thus described my invention, I claim asnew and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The combination of the button-head, a post secured to said head and formed of a wire bent into a loop or eye at the foot of the post, the sides or strands of the wire intermediate of said loop and the ends bent into contact, or nearly so, and a movable shoe ,hinged in said eye, substantially as described.

2. The combination of the 'button-head, a doubled wire or staple having the free-ends secured to one face of the button-head, the

closed end of said wire formed into a long narv row loop having the long axis arranged parallel with the button-head, the sides or strands of the wire bent in toward each other, the closed end of the wire forming the long side of the loop provided with one or more flat faces extending the length of the side, a movable shoe consisting of a cap-plate provided with a spring-band secured thereto, and a hinge-band bent across its length and set transversely of said spring-band, the bend of said hinge-band having its concave face passed through and engaged by said long side of the loop of the wire, the spring-band engaging said long side on an opposite side from said hinge-band, substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. The combination of the button-head 7, the doubled wire 6, formed into the post and looped shoe-bearing, and the movable shoe hinged in the bearing of said doubled wire, substantially as described.

4. The combination of the button-head 7, the doubled wire 6, formed into the post and looped shoe-bearing, the movable shoe compos d of the shoe-cap 12 and the spring-plate 11, and the hinge-band 10, all arranged and constructed substantially as described.

EUGENE B. CROCKER.

Witnesses:

M. F. BLIGH, J. A. MILLER, Jr. 

